Poland took another step in building its first nuclear power plant after the government greenlit as much as 60.2 billion zloty ($14.7 billion) in funding for the project which still awaits the European Union approval to go ahead. On Tuesday, Donald Tusk’s cabinet adopted a draft bill that allows it to increase the capital of …
Deep Fission aims to eliminate the need for costly concrete and steel surface containment buildings by placing its reactor a mile underground. (Various sizes of Deep Fission Borehole Reactor options, as seen in regulatory documents. Source: NRC.) Using its concept of underground small modular reactors (SMRs), California-based startup Deep Fission has reached an agreement to help power …
Norway’s Halden Kjernekraft AS has entered into a letter of intent with the owner of a plot of land in Halden identified as a possible location for the construction of a nuclear power plant based on small modular reactors. Halden Kjernekraft – 20% owned by Halden municipality with Norsk Kjernekraft and Østfold Energi owning 40% …
India’s Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL) has issued an RFP for setting up 220MW Bharat small reactors by industries. In the RFP, which is open to Indian industries, the Corporation points to these reactors as providing a sustainable solution for the decarbonisation of hard to abate industries. In addition they would help these industries to secure …
Excavation work has started for the foundation of the nuclear island of unit 1 at the Bailong nuclear power plant in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The construction of Phase I (units 1 and 2) of the Bailong plant was among approvals for 11 new reactors granted by China’s State Council in August last year. …
Kazakhstan may begin the construction of two more nuclear power plants following the completion of its first high-power nuclear power plant (NPP), Azernews reports citing the local media. In an interview with the republican newspaper Ana Tili, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed confidence that Kazakhstan needs a high-power NPP and hinted at the possibility of starting the …
Switzerland’s government said on Dec 20 it wanted to change the law to get around a 2018 ban on building more nuclear power stations to help guarantee the country’s energy needs. “The aim is to keep nuclear energy open as an option for the long-term security of the Swiss energy supply,” said a statement from …
Malaysia is readying itself for the likely use of nuclear energy after 2035 as it struggles to meet renewable energy and net-zero carbon emission targets. The Straits Times has learnt that Malaysia’s Cabinet, after discussing in late November a nuclear road map proposed by the National Energy Council (MTN), decided that nuclear is “one of the options of electrical power …
Centre advises states where coal-based power plants have reached the end of operational life to consider setting up nuclear plants India aims to triple its installed nuclear power capacity by 2031-32. The current installed nuclear power capacity of 8,180MW is projected to increase to 22,480MW within this timeframe. The country currently operates 24 nuclear power …
The construction and installation works are completed at Unit 1 of Rooppur NPP being constructed by the Engineering Division of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The personnel of the NPP has started a large-scale test program. On December 18, the first stage of operation commenced for bringing the reactor …
